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Board of Directors
Ghyanendra Nath Bajpai
Mr. G.N. Bajpai is a distinguished leader in Indian business, most recently as the Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) and Chairman of the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC). Mr. Bajpai is known for his visionary leadership and exemplary integrity. He has served as non-Executive Chairman and a director on corporate boards in India and other countries, received awards for contribution to business, and authored several books. Mr. Bajpai has been Chairman of the Corporate Governance Task Force of International Organization of Securities Commissions, Insurance Institute of India & served on the Governing Boards of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow and National Insurance Academy.
Mr. Bajpai has been a member of Board of Directors inter-alia at General Insurance Corporation of India, ICICI Bank, Unit Trust of India, UTI Bank, Tata Chemicals, Jindal Vijay Nagar Steel, Thane Electric Supply Co., National Housing Bank, Discount & Finance House, Indian Railway Finance Corporation, India International Insurance Ltd., Singapore and Ken-India Ltd. Nairobi (Africa). Mr. Bajpai was also Non-Executive Chairman of National Stock Exchange, Stock Holding Corporation of India, LIC Housing Finance Ltd, LIC Care Homes and LIC International EC Bahrain and LIC Nepal Ltd. He has delivered lectures including at London School of Economics (LSE), Harvard University and MIT and also addressed Stanford University, OECD & IMF seminars. He has written three books: 'The Securities Market', 'Marketing of Insurances', and 'How to Become a Super Successful Salesman'. He received among others the "Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Finance" award from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
R Ramaraj - Venture Partner/ Mentor, Sequoia Capital
Ramaraj, is the Co- Founder and till recently the CEO of Sify Limited, the pioneer and leader in Internet, Networking and eCommerce Services in India. Sify was the first Indian Internet company to be listed on the Nasdaq National Market in the US (NASDAQ : SIFY).
Ramaraj was recognized as the 'Evangelist of the Year' at the India Internet World Convention in September 2000. And in 2001, in a CNET.com poll in India, Ramaraj was voted the IT Person of the Year 2000. He was invited by the UN Secretary-General, Kofi Annan to be a member of UN's Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG).
Ramaraj is a B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from the University of Madras and an MBA from the IIM, Calcutta. Beginning his career in Sales and Marketing, Ramaraj went on to pioneer the retail marketing of computers in India by establishing Computer Point in 1984. He was a Founder Director of Microland Ltd before a stint in cellular telephony as Director, Sterling Cellular up to 1996.
Currently Ramaraj is associated on a part time basis,as a Venture partner/mentor at Sequoia Capital and is a member of the global Board of Trustees of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs).Ramaraj is the first Indian to be invited to the Board of directors of ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).
Harsh Roongta - Founder & CEO
Harshvardhan Roongta, CEO, Apnapaisa.com, is one of India's foremost personal finance experts. A successful entrepreneurial stint and an equally impressive career at ICICI later, Harsh co-founded Apnaloan.com in 2000, in partnership with other accomplished industry professionals.
Harsh has been a columnist in leading Indian newspapers, routinely answers queries on popular TV channels and websites, and is also the co-author of a popular guide to home loans, Complete Home Loan Guide.
B Kasi Viswanathan
Kasi is a management graduate with over 15 years of retail finance expereince. He had over 8 years of experience in PAL Credit and Company Ltd (in house finance company of India's then leading car manufacturer) before joining ICICI as their first employee in the retail loans business. He was responsible for setting up the franchisee distribution system for auto business at ICICI.
In 1999, he moved as the Head of Sales & Distribution for the complete range of retail products including car finance, home finance, credit cards and bank liability products. ICICI became a leader in Car finance within 18 months of the product launch displacing long entrenched players from the top spot. He was the COO and co-founder of Apnaloan.com when it was set up in 2000.
In 2003 he took on full time management responsibilities for the management of a manufacturing company making renewable energy devices. He currently is a consultant to several top corporate names in India and overseas.
Our Investors
JAFCO Asia - a leading pan-Asian venture capital firm investing in emerging technology related businesses throughout the region.
WestBridge Capital - focuses on partnering for the long-term with market
leading Indian companies.
The WestBridge team has been an investor and almost always very closely
involved with many successful Indian companies. This list includes names
such as Applabs, Coffee Day, Cognizant Technogies, Comviva, Dr. Lal
Pathlabs, eClerx, FirstSource, GlobalLogic, Indecomm, JustDial,
Manappuram Finance, MarketRx, Naukri, Pangea3, Paras Pharma, QuickHeal,
Shaadi, SKS Microfinance, Star Health Insurance, Stovekraft, Tutorvista
and Vasan Healthcare.
WestBridge Capital has offices in Mauritius, California and Bangalore.
Apnapaisa Value Proposition for our consumers
We regularly update pricing and feature information of all products we cover to enable consumers to save money. In all categories, we offer the most comprehensive price comparisons and our research covers virtually all the products available in that category in India.
All our efforts are directed towards enabling the consumer to take an informed decision.
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Team
Harsh Roongta - Founder & CEO
Harshvardhan Roongta, CEO, Apnapaisa.com, is one of India's foremost personal finance experts. A successful entrepreneurial stint and an equally impressive career at ICICI later, Harsh co-founded Apnaloan.com in 2000, in partnership with other accomplished industry professionals.
Harsh has been a columnist in leading Indian newspapers, routinely answers queries on popular TV channels and websites, and is also the co-author of a popular guide to home loans, Complete Home Loan Guide.
Hemang Desai - Co-Founder & COO
For over a dozen years, Hemang has been crafting technology solutions to address various business needs of the Banking and Financial Services Industry.
He has worked for leading global banks such as Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, Citigroup and ICICI. Prior to Apnapaisa.com, Hemang co-founded a software company, Itellix, whose customers included several European Financial Services companies.
Naresh Daga - Head - Sales & Marketing
Naresh Daga, Head Sales & Marketing is responsible for Product Development & Alliances along with overall sales and marketing activities of the organization. Prior to joining apnaloan, he worked with Times of India Group in their response department for three years. He also worked for International Media Representation Company Media Scope where he was credited for setting up their domestic market operation by launching Custom Media.
He had a stint with entrepreneurship, as he ran his own print media company for nearly 8 years.
Balwant Jain - CFO & Company Secretary
Balwant Jain, the Chief Financial Officer and Company Secretary, is a rank holder Chartered Accountant and a Company Secretary. He brings with him a rich experience of over 23 years. He ran his own consultancy practice for 21 years as a Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining ApnaPaisa he was a general manager with Reliance Retail in their internal audit and compliance department where he was instrumental in setting up outsourcing framework in place for the Company. Mr. Jain has been advising the clients on Corporate Taxation and Individual Taxation in the sphere of planning and Compliance. Besides this he has been advising his clients on various legal compliances including company law, services tax, VAT during his tenure of consultancy practice.